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February 28, 2017

Blind Joe Death: Volume One guitar tab book by Andrew Lardner

In case you aren't familiar with Andrew take a moment to listen/watch the youtube above...ok, now that you are convinced that Andrew is a certified Fahey picker you should know that he has released a tab book.Blind Joe Death: Volume One is now available through Mel Bay Publications. This first volume is the culmination of many years of work and features transcriptions of the six compositions on the A-side of Blind Joe Death.

On Doing an Evil Deed Blues

St. Louis BluesPoor Boy a Long Ways from HomeUncloudy DayJohn HenryIn Christ There Is No East or West

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This delta had the very pronounced habit, during certain dry seasons, of sliding. In order to compensate for the encroachments of numerous escarpments, which were at this time always encroaching upon everyone, due to the sliding of the delta. Hymns were composed, which were sung to various gods of the delta and the escarpments. In time, the escarpments ceased to encroach, but the delta continued to slide, which was quite naturally no longer dangerous to the local volk. These hymns continued to be sung altho their aetology was long forgotten. Later they were written down in compensium of sliding delta hymns which were so named. - Fahey, Dance of Death liner notes.